Please note: The opening minute or so is blurry with fast and bumpy camera movements. You know, watching Moxie was both thrilling and disappointing. Thrilling because it's about a group of teenage girls protesting the casual misogyny and sexual assault teenage boys perpetrate at their school without any repercussions. Disappointing because teenage boys getting away … Continue reading Review: “Moxie” Made Me Feel Many Feelings
I’m All In For “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”
Is it weird that I almost feel like I don't have anything to say about the final installment of the To All the Boys trilogy? And I mean that in the best way possible. It's the right ending for the story, satisfying and bittersweet. What more needs to be said? (Spoiler: It turns out I … Continue reading I’m All In For “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”
Never Have I Ever Liked a Mindy Kaling Show As Much As I Did This One
Continuing my streak of initially mis-reading Netflix rom-coms, when I first saw the title Never Have I Ever, I assumed it was some psycho-sexual thriller in which I had zero interest. (Oh, how wrong I was!) Instead, Never Have I Ever is a delightful teen rom-com series from Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher filled with … Continue reading Never Have I Ever Liked a Mindy Kaling Show As Much As I Did This One
To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Honestly, I have never finished a rom-com and thought, "I wish there were a sequel so I could see what happens now that the delicious will-they won't-they is over, now that they have finally fought, broken up, and gotten back together, now that the relationship is settled, and now that they're, presumably, on their way … Continue reading To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Why You Should Be Watching “Sex Education”
Sex Education has exactly the kind of energy I—and I would also argue you—need right now. The whole thing feels a bit like a John Hughes movie, but with far more empathy, humor, and insight. It's a simultaneously filthy and tender, formulaic and novel look at the lives of teenagers that is always delightful and … Continue reading Why You Should Be Watching “Sex Education”
